Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:51:40 +0200
Subject: Fwd: a chicago microstory from microsound

>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:41:51 +0200
>Subject: a chicago microstory from microsound
>Status:
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>aug 10: i enjoyed hecker's set-break sets a lot
>(he played during the breaks, so we heard him, i
>guess, four times). it was a masterful mix of
>chaos and noisy edges within what was often a
>beat-based dance thing. for long interesting
>stretches, he eschewed the beat in favor of
>abstractions, and the transitions back and forth
>were seamless. the same words could describe
>pita's set (performed from the stage, like
>everybody else except hecker, who had his laptop
>in back by the house board), but on the other hand
>it was quite different in character. pita went a
>little more for the surprise element, with sudden
>juxtapositions. this was one of the most gripping
>performances for me. for me a great beauty in
>richard's set was a sort of granular-cloud /
>reverse-reverb sound (his entire opening was made
>up from these). this created extreme tension and
>interest and from a quite low volume, with the
>timing -- the duration of silences -- a very
>important and notable element.
>
>aug 11: remote webcast (live from vienna, i guess)
>of farmers manual. the music -- wide ranging,
>abstract, intelligent, perfect balance between all
>the sound types, lots of thoughtful ebb and flow.
>but too long...enjoyable, but i felt i'd heard all
>of the work long before i left. exquisite, but
>disembodied video. the video was not part of the
>live stream. it was preloaded and run in parallel
>to the audio. i wasn't able to stay for the
>second half.